Where is the Love? Part 4

The Preeminence of Love

I Corinthians 13:8-13

Ø Love outlasts the sign gifts

Ø The Sign Gift of Prophecy

Ø The Sign Gift of Tongues

Ø The Sign Gift of Knowledge

Ø Love outperforms the sign gifts

Ø The sign gift of knowledge was incomplete.

Ø The sign gift of prophecy was incomplete.

Ø The Scripture made the sign gifts obsolete.

Ø Love outgrows an immature faith

Ø Immature Speech

Ø Immature Understanding

Ø Immature Thoughts

Ø Love out-sees the lack thereof

Ø We see God now only dimly.

Ø In Heaven we will see Him face to face.

Ø We know God now only partly.

Ø In Heaven we will know Him as He knows us.

Ø For now, we will see and know God best if we love one another. I John 4:7,8

Ø Love outshines other virtues.

Ø Faith is required to please God. Hebrews 11:6

Ø Hope is the virtue to which we are born again. I Peter 1:3

Ø Love is greater than either of these.